Near to the Wild Heart - Clarice Lispector earning him not just a

earning him not just a job but a place in the heart of the neighbourhood

a disregarded samurai determined to recover his family's standing

Through the changing fortunes of the Jia family

Ignoring the values of her traditional community

Near to the Wild Heart - Clarice Lispector earning him not just aClarice Lispector's sensational, prize winning debut novel Near to the Wild Heart was published when she was just twenty three and earned her the name 'Hurricane Clarice'. It tells the story of Joana, from her wild, creative childhood, as the 'little egg' who writes poems for her father, through her marriage to the faithless Otvio and on to her decision to make her own way in the world. As Joana, endlessly mutable, moves through different emotional